Richard,

Very poetic, I like it.

....and yes, I do want to know where a song comes from...but not as part of a value judgement as to it's worth. I felt that was what was being hinted at above.

Richard, Jim, Dick,

A genuine question. Do you think you would always know if a song was trad or of more recent, known authorship on just hearing it and without any background information?

Thanks

Paul